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United Kingdom 1935 general election

What was the result of the 1935 general election in the United Kingdom?

Conservative Party won 387 of 615 seats with 47.7% of the vote.

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  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Conservative Party won 387 of 615 seats with 47.7% of the vote.

  • Conservative Party 387 47.7%
  • Labour Party 154 37.9%
  • Liberal Party 21 6.6%
  • National Liberal Party 33 3.9%
  • National Labour Organisation 8 1.5%
  • Independent Labour Party 4 0.6%
  • Nationalist Party 2 0.5%
  • National 1 0.3%
  • Communist Party of Great Britain 1 0.1%
  • Seats won
  • Share of the vote
308 of 615 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 47.7%

    Share of the vote won by Conservative Party

    Conservative Party won 387 of 615 seats. A majority needs 308.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats%Votes
Conservative Party38747.710,496,300
Labour Party15437.98,325,491
Liberal Party216.61,443,093
National Liberal Party333.9866,354
National Labour Organisation81.5339,811
Independent Labour Party40.6139,577
Nationalist Party20.5101,494
National10.353,189
Communist Party of Great Britain10.127,117
Other parties (seats only)40.5
Votes by party
  • Conservative Party 10,496,300
  • Labour Party 8,325,491
  • Liberal Party 1,443,093
  • National Liberal Party 866,354
  • National Labour Organisation 339,811
  • Independent Labour Party 139,577
  • Nationalist Party 101,494
  • National 53,189
  • Communist Party of Great Britain 27,117
  • Other parties (seats only)

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes.

ParlGov marks results before 1945 as experimental: they may need revision, so we compare them with no other election.

How many people voted?

21,997,054 votes were valid.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Conservative Party47.7% of votes62.9% of seats
  • Labour Party37.9% of votes25.0% of seats
  • National Liberal Party3.9% of votes5.4% of seats
  • Liberal Party6.6% of votes3.4% of seats
  • National Labour Organisation1.5% of votes1.3% of seats
  • Independent Labour Party0.6% of votes0.7% of seats
  • Nationalist Party0.5% of votes0.3% of seats
  • National0.3% of votes0.2% of seats
  • Communist Party of Great Britain0.1% of votes0.2% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 14.3 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.7 by votes and 2.2 by seats; Conservative Party led Labour Party by 9.9 points of the vote.

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